Center for Digital Business Growth (CDBG)
The Center for Digital Business Growth at the Aalto University, School of Business, department of Information and Service Management is a hub for understanding how digital innovation drives business growth and transformation. The Center translates rigorous academic research into practical insights, helping organizations navigate digital transformation and compete in rapidly changing markets.
Operating at the intersection of academia and practice, the Center brings together researchers, doctoral students, executives, and companies to collaborate on real-world challenges related to digital innovation, business expansion, and organizational resilience. Our work bridges academic rigor with practical relevance, producing accessible research outputs that close critical knowledge gaps for practitioners. By strengthening collaboration between scholars and industry partners, the Center supports high-quality research with measurable impact and helps organizations harness digital innovation to drive sustainable business growth.
Operating at the intersection of academia and practice, the Center brings together researchers, doctoral students, executives, and companies to collaborate on real-world challenges related to digital innovation, business expansion, and organizational resilience. Our work bridges academic rigor with practical relevance, producing accessible research outputs that close critical knowledge gaps for practitioners. By strengthening collaboration between scholars and industry partners, the Center supports high-quality research with measurable impact and helps organizations harness digital innovation to drive sustainable business growth.
Hosting Founding Fellows at CDBG
Matti Rossi
Chair, Aalto Center for Digital Business Growth Professor, Head of Department of Information and Service Management
Hadi Ghanbari
Assistant Professor, Department of Information and Service Management
Niina Mallat
Staff Researcher, Department of Information and Service Management
Esko Penttinen
Associate Professor, Department of Information and Service Management
Jukka Salonen
Professor of Practice, Department of Information and Service Management
Eeva Vilkkumaa
Associate Professor, Department of Information and Service Management
Founding Academic Fellows at CDBG
Nils Fonstad
Academic Research Fellow, MIT CISR
Ola Henfridsson
Professor, University of Miami
Kalle Lyytinen
Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Munir Mandviwalla
Professor, University of South Florida
Elena Parmiggiani
Associate Professor, NTNU
Petri Parvinen
Professor, University of Helsinki
Carsten Sørensen
Professor, Copenhagen Business School
Henry Tirri
Executive in Residence, Aalto University
Founding Business Fellows at CDBG
Sonia Boije
Chief Data Officer at nbn
Alvaro Garrido
COO Technology and Operations & Chief Security, Data and AI Officer, Standard Chartered
Joseph Edwin
Senior Partner, Bain & Company
Carmen Ene
CEO, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT
Mikko Leinonen
Head of COO Office, SEB
Heikki Lempinen
CEO, Reima
Mikael Skov Mikkelsen
Partner, Head of Technology Transformation, PwC Consulting
Petri Nikkilä
CEO of Openbank & Global Head of Consumer Finance, Santander
Sanni Seppälä
Director, CGI
Petri Tuomola
Group Head of Architecture and Data/AI Platform, DBS bank
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